What's new in Claras
Changes to Claras since September 2026, newest first, taken from what actually shipped.
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November 11, 2026
New feature, use case and comparison pages
The website now has a page for each Claras feature, pages for common jobs people use it for, and comparison pages with other tools. We also corrected older claims on the homepage and pricing page so they match the product.
- Summaries come in 15 languages.
- There is no priority processing.
- Bulk Summaries works on playlists and YouTube searches, not channel pages.
- Your own API key works on any paid plan, in the Chrome extension.
- Features that have shipped came off the coming soon list.
- The free tools were rebuilt in the same style as the rest of the site.
November 6, 2026
Free summarizer and chapter tools working again
The free YouTube summarizer and chapter generator on the tools page had started failing with a busy error, because the AI model they used stopped being available for free. They now use a different model and work again.
October 31, 2026
Your own files, plus Instagram and TikTok
Claras is no longer only for YouTube. In the web app, pick the Video, Audio, Instagram or TikTok tab and you get the same chapters, summary, transcript and Ask AI as for a YouTube video.
- Upload video or audio files up to 6 hours long. Your browser sends the audio in slices, and the file itself is never stored.
- If the tab closes partway, pick the same file again and it carries on where it stopped.
- For files of 30 minutes or more, Claras can email you when the result is ready.
- Paste public Instagram and TikTok links, up to 30 minutes long.
- Uploads and these links use transcription hours, counted over a rolling 30 days: 1 on the free plan, 10 on Pro and 100 on Unlimited. YouTube videos don't use any.
- A new Usage page in the sidebar shows how many videos you've analyzed, hours summarized each month, and your plan.
- The pricing page now lists the platforms and transcription hours on each plan, plus new yearly launch prices.
October 24, 2026
Send to AI, a Copy menu, and more from Bulk Summaries
A round of changes to the web app, some of them asked for by email.
- Send to AI copies a transcript or summary and opens Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Gemini Notebook or Perplexity in a new tab, ready to paste.
- A Copy menu for each video: the transcript with or without timestamps, the summary, the chapters, or the video link.
- Bulk Summaries results now have Summary, Transcripts and Ask AI tabs, so you can read every transcript and ask one question across all the videos.
- Every Bulk Summaries run is saved in History and reopens for free.
- A new Comments tab on YouTube videos sums up the mood of the top comments, what people praised and complained about, and the questions they ask. It is part of the paid plans.
- The Chrome extension got Send to AI, the Comments tab and saved Super Search runs in version 2.9.0, live in the Chrome Web Store on October 25. Its Super Search downloads now go into one folder in Downloads.
October 22, 2026
Two plans, each with a 14-day free trial
On the website and in the web app, new purchases now choose between two plans, Pro and Unlimited, and each starts with 14 days free. The Chrome extension's plan screen still shows the older plans. They replace Lite, the old Pro and Unlimited, and the short one-time pass. If you already had one of those plans, it keeps working with the limits you bought. The free plan stays at 3 videos a month. Current prices are on the pricing page.
October 18, 2026
Daily limits reset at your local midnight
Daily video limits on Pro and Lite used to count a rolling 24 hours, so a few videos one evening and a few the next morning could lock you out early. They now reset at midnight where you are, and Claras tells you when that is.
October 17, 2026
AI transcription for YouTube videos without captions
When a YouTube video has no captions, Claras now has the audio transcribed by AI instead of giving up. That covers videos up to 30 minutes on the free plan, when the length can be checked, and up to 3 hours on a paid plan. A long one may ask you to try again in a minute or two, and the retry picks up the same job.
Claras also now checks that captions are in one of the video's own languages before using them, so a machine translation in some other language no longer slips through.
October 10, 2026
A new homepage and a few questions for new accounts
The homepage now starts with a box where you can paste a video link, and the link carries through sign-in into the app. New accounts in the web app answer five quick questions, one tap each, so the plans screen can suggest a plan that fits how much you watch.
October 9, 2026
Plans screen in the web app, and Bulk Summaries gets its name
New accounts now see a plans screen after sign-up, with the option to stay on the free plan. Upgrade buttons in the app open one plans page. In the web app, Super Search is now called Bulk Summaries. The Chrome extension still calls it Super Search.
September 5, 2026
Free plan changes to 3 videos a month
The free plan now includes 3 videos a month, down from 10, counted over a rolling 30 days. Videos already in your History stay there.
September 4, 2026
Add to Chrome link fixed in the web app
The Add to Chrome link in the web app pointed to the wrong Chrome Web Store page and showed an error. It now opens the Claras extension. The web app also started asking new accounts a few short questions after sign-in.
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